Hook.



N. D. CONWAY.

HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1914.

Patnted Feb. 1

If A 6 THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 6 0., WASHINGTON. o. c.

NANNIE 1); CONWAY, or PORTLAND, OREGON.

IiOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.1,1916.

Application filed reentr 12; 1914. serial no. 818383.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NANNIE D. CONWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved hook which is intended to be usedupon dresses, and the principal object of the invention is to provide ahook which may be secured to the inner face of the dress where the hookwill be hidden from view, and to also construct the hook so that whenthe two members of the hook are connected, they will be securelyfastened together and prevented from accidentally becoming separated.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means forreleasably connecting the two members of the hook with the dress.

Another Object of the invention is to so construct the securing meansfor the hook that the two members of the hook will be easily removedfrom the dress when desired.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings whereinFigure 1 is a perspective view showing the hook attached to a dress;Fig. 2 is a sectionalview taken along the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

This securing device comprises the hook member 10 and eye member 11,each of which is formed from a metallic plate having tongues 12 strucktherefrom and formin leaf springs. The plates are each provi ed withrecesses forming pockets 17 which are positioned upon opposite sides ofthe tongues 12 to permit the securing pins 18 to be pivotally mounted bymeans of the pivot pins 19 fitting in the sockets. A heel 20 extendsfrom the pivoted end of each of the securing pins 18 and is positionedbeneath the free end of its leaf spring 12 so that when the securing pinis turned to the position shown at the left of Fig. 2, the securing pinmay be passed through the goods from which the dress is formed. Afterthe pin has been passed through the dress, the pin is turned to theposition shown at the right of Fig. 2 and the plate will be securelyheld to the dress. It should be noted that the pins 18 which areconnected with the end portions of the plate extend in oppositedirections toward the center of theplate as clearly shown inFig. 2 sothat the pin will prevent the plate from moving longitudinally andworking loose.

The plate 10 has a tongue 21 struck therefrom, which tongue is bentoutwardly and has its free-end portion bent to form a hook 22 andguiding lip 23'. The plate 11 is provided with an opening 24 which formsan eye in which the hook 22 fits to releasably but securely connect theplate 11 in overlapped relation with the plate 10.

When this device is in use, the two plates 10 and 11 are secured to theinner face of the dress goods by means of the securing pins with theplate 10 entirely positioned upon the goods 25 with which it isconnected, and the plate 11 positioned with its perforated end portionsextending over the edge of the goods 26 to which it is secured. It willthus be seen that when the plate 11 is connected with the plate 10, itwill overlap the plate with the hook 22 passing through the opening 24.The plate 11 can be easily passed beneath the hook of the plate 10 sincethe guiding lip will easily ride over the outer edge of the plate 11 andpermit the hook 22 to ride into the Opening 24. By having the plate madeof resilient material the hook will be securely held in the opening 24and the two plates will be prevented from becoming accidentallydetached. When it is desired to release the plates, this can be easilydone since it is simply necessary to draw the two plates apart and thehook will then ride out of the opening 24.

I have therefore provided an improved securing device in which the twoplates are entirely hidden from view and in which the two plates will besecurely connected together, but so connected that they may be easilydetached when desired. I have also provided a securing device which canbe very cheaply manufactured since the two plates can be easily andcheaply formed from sheet metal passed through a stamping machine. Thesecuring pins may also be very cheaply produced and connected with thetwo plates.

What is claimed is:

1. A securing device comprising a plate, tongues struck from said plateand providing leaf springs, said plate being provided with pocketspositioned upon opposite sides of slots formed in said plate by saidleaf

